Michael Peskin Explained

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Michael Edward Peskin (born October 27, 1951, Philadelphia) is an American theoretical physicist.[1] He is currently a professor in the theory group at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.[2]

Peskin has been recognized for his work in proposing and analyzing unifying models of elementary particles and forces in theoretical elementary particle physics, and proposing experimental methods for testing such models.[3] Peskin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000. He was appointed a co-editor of the journal Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science as of 2023.

Education

Michael Peskin is a fourth generation descendent of Jewish Lithuanian emigrants from the Pale of Settlement. Both of his parents became medical doctors. Peskin attended Lower Merion High School in the Philadelphia area and later New Trier West in the Chicago suburbs.

Peskin was an undergraduate at Harvard University. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1978 at Cornell University studying under Kenneth Wilson. He was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 1977–1980.[4]

Career

After receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell University, Peskin served as a junior fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows from 1977 to 1980. [5] He also held postdoctoral appointments at Saclay Nuclear Research Centre (1979–1980) and Cornell (1980–1982).[6] [4] In 1982, Peskin joined the faculty of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University.[7]

In 2000, Peskin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8] He was appointed a co-editor of the journal Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science as of 2023.[9]

Research

Peskin has worked on many aspects of quantum field theory and elementary particle physics, exploring and going beyond the Standard Model of particle physics to explore technicolor theories.[10] Peskin and Schroeder's widely used textbook on quantum field theory, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (1995, 2018) is considered a classic in the field.[11] [12] More recently, he has written Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics (2019), a textbook on the Standard Model.[13]

In 1990, Peskin and Tatsu Takeuchi proposed the parameterization of a set of three measurable quantities, called S, T, and U, that are used to describe and simplify precisionelectroweak fits. These parameters are sensitive to new physics which contributes to oblique corrections.[14] [15] [16] [17] They are now called the Peskin–Takeuchi parameters.[18]

Peskin uses high energy colliders to search for new physical interactions on the basis of high-precision observations and measurements of elementary particles, including the W and Z bosons, the top quark, and the Higgs boson.[19] [20] [21] He is interested in modelling dark matter[22] and is a noted advocate of building a future linear collider,[23] [24] a “Higgs factory”.[1]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Stoddart . Charlotte . How particle accelerators came to be . Knowable Magazine . 29 March 2022 . 10.1146/knowable-032822-1. free . 24 May 2023 . en.
  2. Web site: Michael Peskin – SM@50: The Standard Model At 50 Years . © 2023 Case Western Reserve University . 24 May 2023.
  3. Eichten . Estia J. . Lane . Kenneth D. . Peskin . Michael E. . New Tests for Quark and Lepton Substructure . Physical Review Letters . 14 March 1983 . 50 . 11 . 811–814 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.811. 119918703 .
  4. Web site: Interview of Michael Peskin by David Zierler on April 27, 2021 . Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics . 24 May 2023 . en . 14 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Listed by Term . Harvard Society of Fellows . en.
  6. Web site: Curriculum Vitae Michael E. Peskin . Stanford University.
  7. Book: Energy . United States Department of . High Energy Physicists and Graduate Students: 1985 Census . 1985 . DOE . en.
  8. Web site: Michael E. Peskin . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en . 27 July 2023.
  9. Web site: Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science . Annual Reviews . 24 May 2023.
  10. Book: Peskin . M. E. . Beyond the Standard Model . 1 May 1997 . SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States) . English.
  11. Web site: Reviews: Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model by Matthew D. Schwartz . Harvard University . en.
  12. Book: Lellouch . Laurent . Modern Perspectives in Lattice QCD: Quantum Field Theory and High Performance Computing: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 93, August 2009 . 25 August 2011 . OUP Oxford . 978-0-19-969160-9 . en.
  13. Book: Peskin . Michael Edward . Concepts of elementary particle physics . 2019 . Oxford university press . Oxford New York . 9780198812180.
  14. Hewett . J. L. . The Standard Model and Why We Believe It . 9 Oct 1998 . hep-ph/9810316 .
  15. Wells . James D. . Zhang . Zhengkang . Renormalization group evolution of the universal theories EFT . Journal of High Energy Physics . June 2016 . 2016 . 6 . 10.1007/JHEP06(2016)122 . 1512.03056 . 256036070 .
  16. Michael E. Peskin . Tatsu Takeuchi . amp . New constraint on a strongly interacting Higgs sector . Physical Review Letters . 65 . 1990 . 8 . 10043071 . 964–967 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.964 . 1990PhRvL..65..964P.
  17. Michael E. Peskin . Tatsu Takeuchi . amp . Estimation of oblique electroweak corrections . . 46 . 1992 . 1 . 381–409 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.46.381. 10014770 . 1992PhRvD..46..381P . 10.1.1.382.2460 .
  18. Carpenter . Linda M. . Murphy . Taylor . Smylie . Matthew J. . Changing patterns in electroweak precision fits with new color-charged states: Oblique corrections and the W -boson mass . Physical Review D . 6 September 2022 . 106 . 5 . 055005 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.055005. 2204.08546 . 248239692 .
  19. News: Charitos . Panos . An interview with Michael E. Peskin . EP News . 28 June 2023 . en.
  20. Book: Einhorn . M. B. . The Standard Model Higgs Boson: Selections and Comments . 2 December 2012 . Elsevier . 978-0-444-59613-0 . 379–380 . en.
  21. News: Charley . Sarah . What's next for Higgs boson research? . symmetry magazine . July 4, 2014 . en.
  22. Bahcall . Neta A. . Dark matter universe . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 6 October 2015 . 112 . 40 . 12243–12245 . 10.1073/pnas.1516944112. 26417091 . 4603491 . free .
  23. Cartlidge . Edwin . Physicists shrink plans for next major collider . Nature . 9 November 2017 . 10.1038/nature.2017.22983 . 24 May 2023 . en . 1476-4687.
  24. Murayama . Hitoshi . Peskin . Michael E. . Physics Opportunities of e+e- Linear Colliders . Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science . December 1996 . 46 . 1 . 533–608 . 10.1146/annurev.nucl.46.1.533 . en . 0163-8998. hep-ex/9606003 . 16466403 .
  25. Web site: Berg . Michael . Review of An introduction to quantum field theory by Peskin & Schroeder. MAA Reviews. Mathematical Association of America . 10 February 2016 .
  26. Passon . Oliver . Zügge . Thomas . Grebe-Ellis . Johannes . Pitfalls in the teaching of elementary particle physics . Physics Education . January 2019 . 54 . 1 . 015014 . 10.1088/1361-6552/aadbc7 . 1811.06230 . 53689439 .
  27. Book: Peskin . Michael E. . Schroeder . Daniel V. . An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory . 4 May 2018 . CRC Press . 978-0-429-97210-2 . 2nd . en.

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